Leadership and Staff
Advocates for Ohio’s Future is guided by a Steering Committee of leaders from 26 nonprofit human services policy, advocacy and provider organizations that strive to strengthen families and communities through public funding for health, human services, and early care & education. Staff members in Columbus are supported by volunteers across the state committed to lifting up the most vulnerable among us.
coalition manager
Sarah Hudacek is the Coalition Manager of AOF. Sarah joined Advocates for Ohio’s Future (AOF) part time in March 2021 as the Policy Assistant for both The Center for Community Solutions and AOF before joining AOF full time in March 2022.
Before joining the team, Sarah worked as an account coordinator at CoverMyMeds,
where she helped doctors navigate the insurance approval process, and as an executive assistant at a Chicago law firm specializing in insurance law. She brings policy experience from her internships in Washington, D.C. at the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
As an undergraduate, Sarah completed a thesis studying sexual violence prevention and response policies on Ohio’s college campuses. Sarah graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in Public Management, Leadership and Policy.
AOF Co-Chairs
Susan Jagers, Ohio Poverty Law Center
Nick Bates, Hunger Network in Ohio
AOF Executive Committee
Teresa Lampl, AOF Communications Committee Chair, The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers
Darold Johnson, AOF Public Policy Committee Chair, Ohio Federation of Teachers
Joree Novotny, AOF Finance & Development Committee Chair, Ohio Association of Foodbanks
Gina Wilt, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
Tara Britton, The Center for Community Solutions
Steering Committee
Randy Leite, Appalachian Children Coalition
Kelly Vyzral, Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio
Scott Neely, Children’s Hunger Alliance
Megan Riddlebarger, Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development
Jordan Ballinger, Disability Rights Ohio
Siobhan Boyd-Nelson, Equality Ohio
Lynanne Gutierrez, Groundwork Ohio
Michael Corey, Human Service Chamber of Franklin County
Zachary DeCamp, Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition
Beth Kowalczyk, Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Kelly Carey, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
Prince Ohilebo Garuba, Ohio Association of Goodwill Industries
Kate Rossman, Ohio Children’s Alliance
Amy Roehrenbeck, Ohio CSEA Directors’ Association
Beth Race, Ohio Family & Children First Coordinators Association
Laura Abu-Absi, Ohio Job and Family Services Directors’ Association
Christine Touvelle, Ohio Provider Resource Association
Dustin McKee, Ohio Psychological Association
Jeremy Morris, Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council
Rebecca Kusner, Ohio Workforce Coalition
Hannah Halbert, Policy Matters Ohio
Scott Britton, Public Children Services Association of Ohio
Charlotte Rudolph, Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
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